The post published on Instagram on behalf of Donnarumma finally puts an end to a relationship that has been “poisoned” since the day the goalkeeper signed – at the behest of the family – the renewal against the opinion of his agent Mino Raiola who in fact deserted the contract signing ceremony. The judgment on the post, synthetic, is as follows: written in an elementary way, without going into the merits of the question and passing over the damage done to the club for which he continues to profess himself a fan. It is as if, during the divorce, the ex-wife had to say to the ex-husband, after having collected a substantial fortune, the classic phrase “I will continue to love you”. It is a perfidious deception.
On the other hand, the complete reconstruction of the whole negotiation is more interesting, which allows us to put an end to the story and understand the timing of the moves that have been made. Premise: Raiola (who up to that point has never officially replied to Milan on the 8 million net proposal for 5 years) talks to Paratici and agrees to bring Gigio to Turin at no cost and with a rich salary for the assisted and related commission. When he realizes that Juve has turned to Allegri (who asks for confirmation from the Polish goalkeeper) and has decided to liquidate Paratici, he is panicked. First he writes to Turin to let it be known that Donnarumma would also accept the same salary received by Milan (6 million). Having received the 2 of spades in response, he contacts Maldini to re-tie the thread of the negotiation as his colleagues at Telelombardia have reconstructed. And he proposes a two-year bridging contract under the following conditions: 10 million net for two seasons to the player plus 20 million in commission.
In essence, the agent’s reasoning is as follows: you wanted to invest 80 million on Gigio for 5 years, you spend 60 million in two years, saving 20 with the possibility of selling it for a good amount. Milan’s response is made inevitable by three considerations: 1) in the meantime he had already booked Maignan; 2) in the end he would have spent a total of 60 million to let Donnarumma play for only two years; 3) which European club would have invested a substantial amount (let’s say 50-60 million) knowing that by June 2023, the goalkeeper would be free again? In short, it was an attempt to buy time. Only then did PSG appear. End of the reconstruction and also of the story. Milan, between one goalkeeper and another, lost in technical numbers, Donnarumma earned a fortune but did not find the courage to explain the choice.
FRIENDS – The idea of preparing for the Champions League with rivals of the highest rank (Real Madrid, Valencia and Juventus) is very valid and historically recalls what Berlusconi and Sacchi’s first Milan did after winning the Scudetto. 1988 (Manchester United, Real Madrid and PSV Eindhoven).
AIRCRAFT TAXI – The AC Milan transfer market proceeds at a cadenced pace. Giroud will arrive on Thursday evening, on Friday he will make the visits, as announced in the column a week ago, the next two signings will be Diaz from Real Madrid and Ballo-Tourè from Monaco, left side that does not exclude the presence of Dalot. However, the knots remain two: the renewal of Kessie and the replacement of Calhanoglu. For the latter the CSKA (Vlasic) track is no longer beaten, while for the “president” he expects him to return from the Olympics. In other times we would have seen taking a taxi plane, reaching the agent and the player wherever they were, signing the renewal and returning home with the contract in his pocket. So should Elliott’s Milan do too!
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